Modernized Airborne Radio Control Head MARCH / Control Head Unit (CHU) *SOLE SOURCE* RFP

Description: Requires the procurement of a Modernized Airborne Radio Control Head (MARCH) / Control Head Unit (CHU) solution to provide form, fit, function, and interface (F3I) cockpit radio control for the Air-to-Ground Networking Radio (AGNR) System and to replace the obsolete C-12601 Control Indicator (CI) within the AN/ARC-231A Radio Set across Army tactical rotorcraft (UH-60M/V Black Hawk, CH-47F Chinook, AH-64D/E Apache), designated fixed-wing aircraft, and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). This effort will procure commercial-derivative Communication Management Units (CMUs), Mercury Systems ACM-9000 series hardware, specifically ACM-9544 CHUs and ACM-9443J CIs. The scope also encompasses airworthiness certification data and artifacts, proprietary operating system and runtime software licenses, and modernized MARCH engineering design, systems integration, and qualification testing services.